Canopy-top for boats.



N. E. WILLIAMS.

CANOPY TOP FUR BOATS. APPLICATION FILED APR. 23. 1915.

1,202,255. Patented 0er. 24,1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 24, v1916.

Application led April 23, 1915. Serial No. 23,474.

New Britain, in the county of Hartford,-

State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Canopy- 'Iops for Boats; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to improvements in awnings and particularly toawnings for open boats..

T he principal object of the invention is to provide an awning for anopen boat, such as a small motor boat, which can .be easily handled tobe raised and lowered by one man.

Other objects reside in the peculiar construction and arrangement of theparts whereby this result is accomplished.

In the drawings: Figure l is a side elevation of my invention applied toa small boat and in elevated position, Fig. 2 is an end elevation, of afragment of the device, Fig. 3 is a top plan view of one end of thedevice, the awning cover being broken away, Fig. 4 is an enlargedsection on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is an enlargedtransversesection on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is an'enlargedvertical longitudinal section through the central portion of the ridgepole.

' Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10-10 represents apair of upright posts secured respectively in the fore and after partsof the cockpit of the boat.

yThese uprights are formed with a plurality of openings 11, the purposeof which will appear later.

Mounted to slide vertically on each of the uprights isa sleeve 12, onone side of which is integrally formed an extension 13 having theoppositely directed bracket arms 14. In the upper part of the extension13 is a notch 15 in which notch are received the inner apertured ends ofthe internally threaded sleeves 16. A bolt 17 is passed through theextension 13 and apertured ends of the members 16 whereby said membersare pivotally connected to said extension. On the outer face of theextension is a pair of apertured lugs 18 between which are received thelugs 19 of a screw cap 20. A pivot in 21 is passed through these lugs,as clear y shown.

Slidably disposed through the extension 13 is a spring-pressed bolt 21',the inner end of which 'engages in any one of the openings 11 while theouter end is provided with an eye 22 receiving the hooked end 23 of arod 24. Screwed into the cap 2 0 is a hollow rod 25, there being one foreach Vor' the devices mounted on the standards, these rods 25 meeting ata central point between the uprights and connected together by athreaded sleeve 26. The adjacent ends of the rods 25 have openings 27 intheir lower sides through which extend linger pieces 28 which areconnected to the adjacent ends of the rods 24 before-mentioned. It willthus be seen that byjdrawing the finger pieces 28 toward each other thatthe rods 24 will pull the bolts 21 within the extensions 13 so that thesleeve 12 can be readily slipped up or down on the uprights.

Screwed into the sleeves 16 are rods 29, these rods extending laterallyof the bolt as clearly shown, in the rear elevation'. Secured over therods 25, which together form the rigid pole of the awning top and overthe laterally extending rods 29 is a canvas or otherwater-proof fabric30. By means of the pivotal connections of the `members 16, either pairon the same. side of the uprights can be swung upwardly and o-ver torest on the other similar members, as desired.

IVhat is lclaimed is:

An awning top Jfor a boat comprising a pair of uprights for disposal inthe fore and aft parts or" the boat, members vertically slidable on theuprights, laterally extending arms pivotally connected to the slidablemembers, said uprights being provided with a vertical series ofopenings, spring pressed bolts carried by the slidable members forinterchangeable engagement with the said openings, a longitudinal pipepivotally connected to and extending between the slidable members, saidpipe being provided adjacent its center with outlet openings, operatingrods within the said pipe and connected to the said bolts, and fingerpieces carried by In testimony whereof, I affix my signathe outer endsof the operating rods and exture, in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

tending through said outlet openings for NEWTON E. WILLIAMS.

withdrawing the bolts from the said open- Witnesses: lings to permit theslidable members to be n W. E. LATHAM,

moved vertically on the uprights. EMIL DIETRICH..

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. i

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